2018-19 Seminars

Retooling an Enzyme: Converting a Glycosidase into a Thioglycoligase
John Hanson, Professor
University of Puget Sound, Department of Chemistry
4 pm, Thompson 175

From the Forest to the Deep Blue Sea, Wood Shapes Animal Communities
Jenna Judge
Puget Sound Partnership
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Peter Wimberger

Probing Natural Products Biosynthesis with Chemical Reporters
Tony Davis, Postdoctoral Fellow
University of California, San Diego
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Dan Burgard

Is Race Real? A Century of Asking the Wrong Question
Prof. John Jackson
James Madison College for Public Affairs and Public Policy, Michigan State University
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Kristin Johnson

Designing supramolecular assemblies for the molecular recognition of beta-chiral primary alcohols
Matt Minus, Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Texas at Austin
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Dan Burgard 

Shallow Urban Lakes Increase Arsenic Exposure from Legacy ASARCO Contamination
James Gawel, Associate Professor
University of Washington Tacoma, Department of Environmental Studies
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Kena Fox-Dobbs

Assessment of altered lipid homeostasis in human diseases by mass spectrometry​
Libin Xu, Assistant Professor
University of Washington, Department of Medicinal Chemistry
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Megan Gessel

Snapping shrimps as a model system to explore marine biodiversity
Kristin Hultgren
Seattle University, Biology Department
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Stacey Weiss 

The State of the Climate: 2018
Steven Neshyba and Barry Goldstein
University of Puget Sound, Departments of Chemistry and Geology
4 pm, Thompson 175 

Cancer evolution: Lessons from Barrett’s esophagus
Thomas Paulson, Sr. Staff Scientist
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Barrett's Esophagus Program 
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Leslie Saucedo

Chasing glaciers: life history and phenotypic changes associated with life at high elevation in western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) in Yosemite National Park
Sima Bouzid
University of Washington, Department of Biology
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Stacey Weiss 

Thanksgiving

Comprehensive identification of HIV envelope mutations that permit infection of Rhesus macaque
Jeremy Roop, Postdoctoral Fellow
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
4 pm, TH 175
Host: Leslie Saucedo 

New Mass Spectrometry Based Technologies for Biophysics and Structural Biology (Abstract)
Matthew F. Bush, Assistant Professor​ of Chemistry
University of Washington
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Megan Gessel

Outcomes of the Summer Science Research Student Survey: Where to go from here?
Amy Spivey and Kena Fox-Dobbs
University of Puget Sound
4 pm, Thompson 175

Environmental Change and Avian Life Histories: An Ecophysiological Perspective
Dan Ardia
Franklin and Marshall College
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Peter Wimberger

Conservation and Education Through Photography
Drew Collins, Founder of Made in Puget Sound
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Leslie Saucedo 

Chemical Characterization and Control of Diesel-Related Air Pollution
Robert Harley
Carl W. Johnson Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley 
4 pm, Thompson 175

Natural salinization of the Jemez Watershed, New Mexico: an insight from trace element geochemistry
Jon Golla
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Kena Fox-Dobbs

Spring Break

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Exotic Deep Sea Life Off Our Coast
Deborah Kelley
University of Washington School of Oceanography
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Jeff Tepper

The ecology and evolution of high-altitude biodiversity in North America
Scott Hotaling, Postdoctoral Researcher
Washington State University
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Peter Wimberger

Saving Southern Resident Killer Whales
Joe Gaydos
SeaDOC Society
4 pm, Thompson 175
Hosts: Lindsay Walker and Peter Wimberger 

The Evolution and Development of Jaw Protrusion in Fishes
Dr. W. James Cooper, School of Biological Sciences
Washington State University
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Alyce DeMarais

Untangling the Interfacial Details of Biologically and Environmentally Relevant Nanoemulsions
Andrew Carpenter, PhD Candidate
University of Oregon
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Dan Burgard

Behavior in the city: Can we uncover personality traits in urban coyotes using movement ecology?
Chris Schell
University of Washington, Tacoma
4 pm, Thompson 175
Host: Stacey Weiss